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“We expect the highest standards of behaviour from all our officers and staff, and we will always take complaints from members of the public seriously.”

It was believed the incident was filmed in Coventry on August 24.

The footage starts by showing officers inside a house talking to a man as he sits on a sofa smoking.

Jack Chambers.

One officer asks the man: “Are you going to go all Black Lives Matters on us are you?” The man on the sofa replies “Yeah.”

The officer is then heard saying: “You would be the first one I’d shoot if I had a gun, definitely” to which the man replies “Oh f**king hell.”

The reason for the police's visit to the house was not known.

Community activist Desmond Jaddoo called for immediate action.

Mr Jaddoo said: “My concern as an activist is taken into account the current climate and deaths in custody and also community relations, this goes no way in building trust and confidence with the police.

“We call on West Midlands Police not only to investigate this matter but to remove this particularly officer from his duty.

“I would also say, I see this not being a hate crime but other criminality.

“As far as I’m concerned these are serious matters, police officers are there to set an example, their behaviour must be beyond reproach.

"You don’t not make flippant statements about serious issues which affect communities.